My name is Cindy Carson, formerly Cindy Morden. This year marks my tenth year of teaching in Michigan. I have taught first, second, third, and fifth grades. I am currently teaching third grade at Doherty Elementary School in the West Bloomfield School District.

This portfolio summarizes my philosophy of how simple it is to "Point, Click, Learn" with technology in the elementary classroom. I am a firm believer in making the learning environment fun and engaging for my students. It continues to amaze me how children are able to comprehend and apply technology skills to their school work;meanwhile observing them in the process, I have been able to pick up many helpful tricks from my students.

I am working to complete a Master in Educational Technology degree from Lawrence Technological University. This portfolio was created during my coursework at LTU. I learned to become proficient in Macromedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks in the Multimedia 1 course.

I am the technology coach at Doherty Elemetary. I work hard to help my colleagues feel comfortable with technology tools in the classroom. We have adopted a school goal to integrate a visual learning system in every K-5 classroom in our building; this would include a document camera and LCD projector. We currently have 15 of the 23 classrooms equipped!
I maintain the Doherty Elementary School Website, and have helped other teachers across the district to create their own class Websites.

Point to the links, Click around, and Learn more about my journey of integrating technology into the elementary classroom. You will find many examples of innovative use for technology tools in the classroom. My goal is to one day become a technology integration specialist at an elementary school.

Doherty School
Web Site